Papers released by MI5 show that although Blunt confessed to them he had spied for the Russians during World War Two, the ...

The MI5 files, released to the National Archives, reportedly contain Blunt’s full confession ... Elizabeth II’s reaction after learning Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy. PA Images via Getty ...

Newly released MI5 documents have revealed that Queen Elizabeth II was not formally briefed about the full extent of royal art surveyor Anthony ... Blunt continued in his royal role after his ...

The newly declassified papers tell how the Queen was left in the dark about the scale of the treachery of Anthony Blunt ... was also not informed of Blunt’s confession. It was kept for years ...

Blunt, then known as Sir Anthony, confessed he had been recruited ... was also not informed of Blunt’s 1964 confession. Blunt was finally unmasked by prime minister Margaret Thatcher in a ...

Art historian Anthony Blunt was for decades Surveyor of the ... and promised him immunity from prosecution. His full confession is included for the first time in these files.

The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the ... The declassified files include Philby's typed confession and a transcript of his discussion with Elliott.

Anthony Blunt served as the chief art curator to ... Containing Blunt’s full confession for the first time, they reveal how MI5 agent Arthur Martin interrogated him in his flat above the ...

So it is fitting, amid the revelations about traitors Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt ... We knew that the prime minister at the time of Blunt’s confession – Sir Alec Douglas-Home – was ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t fully briefed on the espionage exploits of her art surveyor, Anthony Blunt, until 1973—a staggering nine years after his confession. The records, released by the ...

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified ...